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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02
Neatly Done.

During the retreat of Lees army
from the field of Gettysburg to the
Potomac, says writer in the Detroit
| Free Press, great effort was made by
the officers to prevent struggling, but
it would have required an officer to a
man to have carried out the program
successfully. We had been beaten,
and felt discouraged and reckless.
The command to which / belonged
LETT Gettysburg about 10 o'clock at
night, and for the first three or four
hours the men were kept well in hand
under the impression that we were
only changing positions to secure an
advantage over the Federals. As day
light broke and we realized that we
were on the way home, squads and
individuals broke away at every oppOr-
tunity to forage for breakfast. In
company with two private soldiers be-
longing in my company slipped away
from the column about sunrise, and,
while black-lOoking thunderstorm
seemed close at hand, we bolted into a
piece of woods by the roadside, and
then struck for a highway running at
right angles, and on which we could
make out three or four farm-houses.
We selected the first, or nearest, and
as we entered the gate a woman
opened the door and stood waiting for
us to approach. She knew we were
Confederates, and asked many ques-
tions concerning the battle, and did
not attempt to conceal the fact that
she was q thorough Unionist, and an
ardent hater of JEFF Davis.
Nevertheless" she added, as she
turned to go in, ''you men are not
altogether to blame, and you shall
have bite to eat as soon as l can
get it."
We went around to the back door,
laid aside our guns and accoutrements,
and had a good wash-up in the rain
barrel. Then we sat down on the
grass to wait for breakfast, the odor
of which came out to us. But for the
suggestion of one of my comrades
everything would have gone well.
Not far from us was a stone smoke
house, and through the partly open
door we could see pieces of meat hang
ing from the rafters. He suggested
that we further investigate, with a
view of ''gobbling" some of the meat
as we left, and we got up and went
straight to the house and entered it.
There were two hams and two side
pieces hanging up, and at the back
end of the building, which was about
12x12, was a barrel filed with old rag
carpet, on top of which was a setting
hen. As we came near she began to
exhibit the usual characteristics, and
we were having considerable fun at
her expense, when the door was sent to
with u bang and we heard the rattle of
a chain and paddock. 1t was close,
dark place, and it was a minute or
two before we reached the door and
understood the situation. We began
to kick and shout, and presently the
woman's voice replied:
'Its no use trying to get out! You
are my prisoners, and kicking won't
do any good"
How nice and soft we talked to her,
but it was no go. Then we swore and
clustered, but she only laughed at US.
After awhile she passed us some bread
and butter through one of the ventila-
tors, followed by a cupful of water,
and there we remained all day, all
night, and up to~S o'clock next morn
ing, when we were turned over to the
Union cavalry.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02
Fairs Narrow Escape.

A number of years ago, when Sena-
tor Fair was engaged in actively
experimenting one of his mining
properties, he directed the boss in one
of his mines to have a wrought-iron
crank made at a certain angle. The
foreman told him that it was impossi-
BILE. Mr.. Fair then went into the
works at the mouth of the mine, put
on a workman's apron and cap, and
began the work of making the crank
himself at the angle which he had
described. The foreman in charge of
that room, coming around, saw a
workman, as he supposed, disobeying
orders in wasting property in trying
to make what had already been de-
cIared to be an impossibility. He
picked up piece of iron and knocked
the amateur workman down just as
he was completing the piece of work
which his foreman had said was inn
possible. The blow fractured Fairs
skull. His life was saved only through
trepanning. Mr.. Fair to-day has a
small silver plate in the top of his
head. After he had recovered, he felt
very uncomfortable. He felt symp-
toms of brain trouble. After time
he went back to the surgeon and said:
II am certain that that job was not
well done; there is splinter left in
that wound-I can feel the prick of
it." The surgeon at first would not
listen to Mr. Fair, but he insisted upon
having it done over again. The sur
geon then discovered that there was a
splinter, and that if the senator had
not himself discovered the cause OF
his trouble his brain would have been
affected in short time beyond the
hope of recovery.-Cor. Detroit 1S'i-
baIylp
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02
The Hong Kong Sampan.

The Chinese population of Hong
Kong is very large, and affords an
excellent opportunity to study the pro-
gress of civilizing influences. The
water front at all times presents a
varied and exciting scene Coolies
everywhere; chair coolies, porters
the Honge to the wharves, each bale
slung ON a bamboo pole; the street
peddlers with every conceivable article
in demand by the cody population;
the Sink policemen, with their gor-
geous turbans, and armed with sticks
and swords; the jauntily-dressed
soldiers, each one with his cane
which it seems they are required by
army regulations to carry whenever
off duty, in order to keep their hands
occupied; the innumerable sampans
with their floating population, who are
born, raised, and die in these little
boats. ALI combine to form a scene
which once viewed can never be for
gotten.
As for the sampans. Imagine it, A
narrow boat of about FIVE feet beam
by thirty feet long, and at its deepest
part only three feet, with a portion of
its space taken up by small cabin
about three feet long and open to the
heavens, the birthplace and home of
an entire family. Frequently one
meets with a family of ten people
living in one of these boats, the
mother, with her baby strapped to her
back, pulling an oar, while the child's
head bobs back and forth with every
stroke. giving one an idea that decapi-
tatiOn must inevitably result, while
husband and all the older children,
both girls and boys, handle the oars,
leaving the steering to be done by the
youngster who is just about old
enough to walk Yet they appear
eontented and happy. One thing is
certain, they have the art of living
economically down to fine point
Cor. Detroit Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02
Two Hands in q Pocket.

Miss Daisy is the fair, fastidious
daughter of an important citizen. The
amenities of the highest society have
hedged her about since she was a
child. An education of the strictest
kind and an atmosphere of exclusive
ness have brought her to a pitch of
propriety and decorum that is beauti-
full to contemplate. Complication
forced her to go alone to a store in
Union square. She left her carriage
as near the curb as possible, and took
the necessary steps to reach the safety
of the door with maidenly timidity.
This hazardous expedition was under
taken at about O'clock in the after
noon. Beguiled by the variety and
beauty of new goods, she took no note
of the time till she took her leave.
Behold, twas 6 O'clock. The streets
were duslly, and her stupid coachman
had mistaken her direction to wait.
The very fashionable maiden was alone
in the treacherous hustle of New York
life. However, reasoning that lovely
young girls who work in shops go
safely to their homes at that hour,
Miss Daisy buttoned her fashionable
ulster with a high resolve and both
hands, and concluded to board a street
car that would leave her within half a
block of her home. Now. the ulster
had two large pockets at, the sides.
The collar was turned up about the
throat, and our young lady lifted her
chin from the recesses long enough to
hail a car and climb aboard. One side
was crowded, and the other very
nearly so, with home-retmning people.
Some of them moved up, and, con-
densing herself into the slimmest sort
of dimensions, she skunk in between
two gentlemen. She jammed both
hands into her side pockets and con-
templated the straw in the vehicle.
OF a sudden she felt the hand next a
robustly built gentleman gently taken
hold of and reassuringly pressed.
Miss Daisy knew she was going to
faint. A mans hand in her pocket!
She drew back as far as her close
quarters admitted and pulled. A
caressing retainer was the only
answer Every drop of blue blood in
the decorous veins of Miss Daisy froze
at the horror of her position. For
three blocks she struggled to release
her hand from the grasp of that
villain. There was lull in the rattle
of the car as some one stopped it to
disembark. She turned an appealing
glance at her tormentor, and in a
weak whisper besought him to unhand
her. The gentleman looked down at
her with smile.
For heavens sake, SIR" she gasped,
''you take your hand out of my
pocket"
"Why, my dear young lady, take
your hand out of my pocket" re-
turned he.
'.Miss Daisy, aghast with horror,
took a despairing survey of the situa-
ton. Sure enough, when she sat
down and thrust her hand into a
pocket, that of her neighbor was in
such close proximity and SO invitingly
open that she had plunged deep into
the garment of the stranger, who had
accepted the advance as a new lark
/ NeU York San.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02

the Christian religion-a fact which
would amaze a learned heather, who
would believe its disciples to be very
peaceful men-all these are fruitful
sources of strife. Surely, one would
think these subjects enough to quarrel
and struggle over, if it were necessary
to quarrel at all But we heard of two
members of the same family who did
not know it, and took the trouble of
hunting up word in the dictionary to
base feud upon. They have not
spoken to each other for many years
because one of them emphasized the
middle syllable and the other the last;
and they pretend that the quarrel was
about the word ''humpw They want
ed to quarrel, and it is generally that
very thing which causes a quarrel
Iroy Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02

A young man residing in Lincoln,
Placer County, Cal, is credited with
optical organs possessing the peculi-
arities of those of an owl. He can see
but little in daylight, scarcely at all in
the sunlight, but at night his vision is
perfect; he can penetrate the darkness
with his peculiarly shaped and noe
turnally constructed eyes, and dis
tinguish objects at long distances when
the ordinary individual cannot see
his hand before him. His wonderful
sight has been tested by many, and as
q guide at night he has no equal. -.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02
An Indignant Man.

A-Yesterday you gave me a bad
quarter,
Bid L?
Ayes, you did, and it shows that
you are utterly destitute of principle;
that there is nothing rascally you
wouldn't do if you saw money in it.
o, you'll do to watch, you will.
B-I didn't know that it was bad
Hand it out and I'll give you a good
one for it.
A-But I can't hand it out.
showed it off on greenhorn from the
cOuntTy
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02

The Covington (Ga) Enterprise says:
1t is said that three of the stingiest
men in the State were In town, Sat
urday. One of them will not drink as
much water as he wants unless it be
from another mans well or branch.
The second forbids any of his family
from writing anything but small
hand, as it is a waste of ink to make
large letters. The third stops his
clock at night in order to save the
wear and tear of the machinery. All
of them decline to take their county
paper on the ground that it is terri
BILE strain on their spectacles to read
newspapers, even in the daytime.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02

Farms in some sections of Pennsyl-
vania maintain the fertility of their
soils by applying one hundred bushels
of slaked lime to the acre once in five
years. 1t is said that fields which
have been subjected to this treatment
for the past hundred years are as pro-
ductive now as when the experiment
was first tried. This application de-
pends for its value much upon the
original character of the soil,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02

They have been taking from the
1,5OO-foot level of a mine at Virginia
City, New, pieces of pine timbers
which have been compressed to one
fourth their natural size by twelve
wears use under immense pressure at
a temperature of 160 degrees. The
wood is of deep chestnut color, takes
a fine polish, and seems as firm grained
as lockwood Here is a hint for an in
Vant0r
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02

Five clerks have been copying the
old records of the New York board of
aldermen since Jan. l. They are paid
$75 month, and the work so far has
cost $1.39 a page. Each clerk copies
about a page day, when by moder-
ate work he could copy fifteen or
twenty. 1t is proposed to change the
payment to 10 cents per 100 words
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02
A natural curiosity has been

A natural curiosity has been dis
covered at Solothurn, Switzerland, the
center of a large watch manufacturing
district. 1t is the nest of a wagtail,
built wholly of long spiral steel shaw
ings, without the least part of vege-
table or animal fiber used in its con-
struction. The nest has been pre-
served in the Museum of Natural
History.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02

The ladies of Manassas, Va, have
formed a memorial association for the
purpose of putting stone wall around
the Confederate cemetery on the his
toric hills near Bull Run. If each
southern state were to contribute $500
the proposed wall could be built.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02
Business Cards.
7. 81. PHELPS

rrORNEY AND COUNsELLOR AT
"A Law, Office oyer BELDING d Arm
sTRoNG's, Main St.. Ravenna Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02

Idaho and Nevada are governed BY
two brothers. zss
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02
A. N. EARR.

NYOTARY PUBLIC, Mantua. o. Con-
IL yeyancing, Collections and PENSION busi-
acss promptly attended to ON the most eases'
able TERMS 't<-A'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-02
e. w. MAXSON,

a<&.-,ev and Counselor ut Law possesses
sunarior facilities for making collections In
ali parts of the United States. Once over
First National Bank. GarrettsVilie, onio'
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-04-27

Three hundred New York clerks
were arrested the other day for sweep
ing dust into the street in defiance of
the mayors mandate.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-04-27
ASSIGNEE NOTICE..

Comfy Of Brown. 9th Judicial Dist !.
In the matter Of the assignment OF Willibald
Elmer, insOlvent.
On reading and fling the petition Of Charles I.
Roos assignee. in the above emit tied matter repre-
senting that he has converted into cash all the
property Of the above named insolvent that has
is prepared to render account thereof and
of his doings in the discharge Of his trust as such
assignee, and praying that he be allowed to make
such report and that his accounts be audited and
allowed and that he be relieved and discharged Of
and from his said trnst payment to the credi-
hands as such assignee as required by law.
& Ordered: That the 9th day of May a. D.f1S87.
at 10 O'clock in the forenoon at my office in the
city CT New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota is
hereby designated as the time and place for the
hearing of said report and the application of said
petitioner.
Ordered further: That all creditors and persons
said time and place, if any they have, why said
accounts should not be allowed and all the acts
and doings of the petitioner in all things ratified
and confirmed, ana why said assignee should not
be and his bonds cancelled and the pray
rof said petition in all things granted, and why
Judgment should not be entered herein dlscharging
said insolveHt 8
Ordered further: That service of this orders be
made by publication thereof for three successive
weeks, at least once in each week, prior to said
9th day Of May 1887, in q weekly newspaper print.
ed and published in said Brown County, and by
sending copy thereof through the mail to each Of
the creditors ent at least 10 days prior to
said 9th day of May A. D. 1887.
Dated at New Ulm, MINI. this 9th day Of April
"A. D. 1887. 4.
BE-. WEBBER Judge Of District Court, 9th
Judicial District.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-04-27
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the payment Of the
sum of two hundred and forty five dollars
the date of this notice upon a certain Mortgage,
duly executed and delivered by Bernard Frodi
and Bertha Frodl his wife as mortgagors to the
mortgages bearing date the first day of December
A. d. 1882, given to secure the payment of $4,000
and interest according to the conditions of one
gage was duly recorded in the office of the Regis
ter of Deeds in and for the County of Brown and
State of Minnesota on the fifteenth day of Febru-
airy A. D, 1883, at 9 o'clock A. NJ, in Book s.N''
and which mortgage and note was thereafter and
on the 18th day of January A. D. 1886 by a
written deed of assignment duly made, dated and
delivered on that day, ior q valuable considera.
ton duly sold, assigned and set over by the said
Scottish American Mortgage Company. Lmited,to
the undersigned John Liebl, which said deed Of
assignment was thereafter and on the Goth day of
April A. D. 1886 at O'Clock P. Nj. duly fled for
record in the Office OF the Register of DEEDS in and
for said Brown County, Minnesota and duly re-
corded in Book ssR'' of Mortgages on page 1874,
and said John Liebl being now the owner and
holder of said mortgage and debt and default hav-
ing been made in the payment of the amount here.
or otherwise having been instituted torecover the
debt secured by said Mortgage, of any part there
Of:
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that by
gage, and pursuant to the statue in such case
made and provided the said mortgage will before
Closed ard the premises described IN uncovered
Brown in the State Of Minn.viz.: Lots numbered
Ten 40, Eleven (1I TwelveQ2)and Thirteen Q3) in
Block Two (2) Of "Allisons and Daytons, addition
to the Village of Sleepy Eye Lake according to the
recorded plat thereof in the Office the Register
of Deeds in and for Brown County, and State
OF Minnesota; with the measurements ana appar
highest bidder for cash, to pay said debt and in
terest and the taxes, if any, on said premises, and
twenty five dollars attorneys fee as stipulated in
An6h nNrfn IN of N 1ncnJ and
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-04-27

BY an act of Congress at the close
of the war q bounty of 800 was allow
ed all volunteers OF 81, This included
Sheriff Higgins, who had enlisted in a
Vermont regiment, and he at once ap-
piled for the bounty, forwarding with
his application his discharge from the
service. That was twenty.three years
ago. A few days ago Mr.. Higgins re-
ceived letter from Washington, an
nouncing that his application had been
granted, and the 800 would be paid
out Of the first appropriation made by
Congress for that purpose. The letter
also contained his discharge, that
had been forwarded to Washington at
the close Of the war. Mr.. Higgins has
hopes that his grand. children will live
long enough to receive the $100.-ST.
JAMES JOURNAL.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-04-27

The firm of Proctor & Gamble, soap
makers at Cincinnati, will hereafter per-
mit its employees to share in its profits
on the following plan. Three trustees
are to be appointed, two book-keepers
and superintendent in the firms en-
ploy, who will every year ascertain the
amount Of profits, and allowing interest
on the capital employed and reasonable
salaries to the members of the firm, di-
vide the remaining profits between the
firm and the employees in proportion to
the capital and the wages earned. The
employees have accepted the proposition
with thanks, and resolved to allow no
outside influence to disturb the relation
between them and their employers.
Her Hawaiian Majesty, Queen Kapi-
olani, the Princess Lilinokalani and
several high SandWichian officials are
in San Francisco.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-04-27
A Southwestern TWiSter.

A fearful cyclone, tornado and hail
storm, swept over q considerable
part of Western and Southwestern
Missouri, Southeastern Kansas, and
Northern Arkansas, Thursday evening
last, causing great loss of life and de.
struction to property, as well as MAIN
ing large numbers Of people. In Bates
and Vernon counties, Missouri, the de-
struction is very great. Six people
were killed in the neighborhood of the
towns of Hume and Sprague, and
number were seriously and some fatal
ly injured. Humble Station on the Pa
cifc road, was destroyed only one
house being left standing. DR.. Smiths
house, three miles from Rich Hill, was
blown to atoms, and Mrs. Smith fatally
injured. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Regain, and two children, were badly
hurt. Two hired men on the place al
so received injuries. All the stables
and granaries on the Bruce place were
demolished, and on A. J. Miller's farm
three miles west of Sprague, a splendid
residence, barns and outhouses were de.
stroyed, nine head Of cattle, a number
of hogs and other stock was killed, and
Mr.. Miller and his wife and baby were
blown into the well and drowned. In
the lower part of CHM county, Kansas
a regular funnel shaped twister made
descent about 6 o'clock, seven miles
north of Prescott. Every farm house
in the path of the storm was demolished
and every house in Prescott ruined.
Four miles from Prescott Mr.. Flinn's
fine residence was mashed flat, and
Mrs Finn and three small children
were mortally injured, and two visitors
dangerously hurt. Jacob Brock and
wife and one son, William McPold and
wife and child, were also fatallyIinjured.
A few miles from this scene w. S. Bo-
CART, Mrs. M. Odell, Mr.. Hogan, wife
and two children, had taken refuge in
a stone cellar, when eight COWS fell on
them through the roof, and all were Sc
verely hurt. William Browningburg's
family found refuge in q storm cave,
while So, 600 house was scattered over
the field. Ten miles northwest Of Pres
colt Mrs. Sarah Crane was killed and
| her family injured BY the crushing Of
the house. Within distance Of %
miles only one house is known to have
stood the storm. H. G. Trip, of Kan
sas City was killed. Nearly every
house at Miami junction. five miles
north of Prescott, was blown down and
several persons were injured. Seven
teen persons are known to have been
killed in Lynn county, and about fifty
severely wounded. In Jordan County,
Kas.. reports are coming in slowly Of
terrible devastation. The Mills family
Twas nearly exterminated-fw0 children
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-04-27

The New York legislature has passed
"a bill requiring hotels more than two
stories high to have a strong rope at
tached to each window in order to en-
able guests to escape in case of fire.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-04-27

A Sioux Falls paper is authority for
the statement that sleeping car receipts
have fallen off 200 per cent. since the
interstate commerce law has been in
operation. This is as it ought to be,
People have been compelled long
enough to pay for their berths, and if
the companies are now paying passen-
gers for sleeping in their cars, nobody
will object.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-04-27

Our state geologist, Prof. N. H. Win
chell, will be accompanied on the geo.
logical survey this summer by his
brother, Prof. Alexander Winchell, of
Ann Arbor.